Craft a del.icio.us RSS URL which gets you the media you want. Some examples:

All MP3's:http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/system:filetype:mp3

All videos:http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/system:media:video

Just mashup MP3's:http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/system:filetype:mp3+mashups

Just screencast videos:http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/system:media:video+screencast

Just popular video: (Thanks, James!)http://del.icio.us/rss/popular/system:media:video
Or popular music:http://del.icio.us/rss/popular/system:media:music

Let iTunes grab the feed and download the first item. Hit the "Get" button to download anything else that looks interesting.

Double-click on the downloaded item to play. For videos, choose "Show Artwork" from the Edit menu to reveal the screen panel.

To keep a song or video that you like, drag and drop into the Library.

And that's that! Update: Click on the image above for a full-sized screenshot.

A reader says, "I think it'd be fun to subscribe to that, use an applescript to move items into the normal library, and play that stuff in shuffle mode." Indeed it would be. Maybe a scripted smart playlist of random podcast/videoblog items? Thanks, Dan!

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I mentioned subscribing to del.icio.us feeds as an afterthought in an earlier post today, but I thought it deserved a detailed explanation. More on del.icio.us filetype feeds here.